Who Are You? Part 3 - Who I Am.

Author: Carly

Rating: K

Category: Angsty/MSR/DRR

Summary: The final part in the trilogy. This the end of the road for many, and a new beginning for others, as finally the longest case the X-Files has had comes to a head. Will Reyes pull through? Will William be taken by social services? And will any of them ever be truly safe even when this threat is gone? The answers are here.


Two Weeks Ago...

Gibson was stood alone in the desert, his back to the wind, the sun blinding him as he looked up at it. He could hear the faint sound of the familiar mixture of the engine andthe tyres rotating on the sand. As the sound drew closer Gibson turned around to see the black estate car coming to a steady stop. The distance between the car and Gibson was enough to see and hear the other person quite clearly. Gibson could see the license plate of the car and could see that like all the cars the FBI used it had 'Lariat Rentals' embossed on it.

The person driving the car opened the door, their foot reaching the sand and their hand grasping the top of the doorframe. As their whole body had emerged from the car Gibson was taken aback slightly, but even though he was taken aback he wasn't shocked. He was expecting this; the person he had agreed to meet had alternative motives of his own. As he hadn't known who the driver was, he was kind of excited now to see him. The driver had now stepped away from the car and was in Gibson's full gaze. Both of them took off their glasses and met each other's eye lines.

Gibson could read his mind, to find the driver had nothing but admiration for Gibson, the driver certainly wasn't afraid of him. This disappointed Gibson, as he was now the new alien race that was more powerful than anything else the X-Files had ever seen, and he expected to find people afraid of him, not glad to see him.

"Well, well, well. Gibson Praise."

"Do we really need introductions? I know who you are, you know who I am, can we get on with this?"

"You grew a pair with adolescence did you?"

"I've been through enough to know that no one has the right to give me any crap. And right now you know that too."

"I gotta say, I was surprised to be told you wanted to see me. How did you even know?"

"I've know since the day Skinner shot you. There was no way they'd let you die." Krycek smiled. He liked this boy now more than he ever had before.

"So, why me? What exactly are you playing at?" Gibson smiled and then offered the passenger seat in his car to Krycek.

"Let's go for a ride."

"What? Where?"

"Just get in the car Alex."

"You know, your buddies, Mulder and Scully, would be so disappointed if they knew what you were doing behind their backs, consorting with the enemy."

"I don't care what they think, in fact I'm looking forward to them finding out the truth."

"The truth?"

"Yes. Get in the car Alex."

"What if I don't?" Gibson smiled and turned back toward the car.

"You will Alex. You don't know when to stop. That's always been one of your biggest problems."

"If you're reading my mind then..."

"I don't need to read your mind Alex, why do you think I called you? You're the greediest and most selfish man in America. You're just what I need." Gibson got into the car and started up the engine. Krycek hesitated and then slowly walked to the car and got inside. He looked at Gibson as he sped off through the desert, he didn't like being so easily read and interpreted, but he was also more excited about Gibson's new look on life than anything he had ever been through during his time through this unfathomable conspiracy.


Mulder sat up in a cold sweat waking from a nightmare. In the nightmare he saw Gibson and Krycek talking together in the desert, but he couldn't hear a word they were saying. This entire situation scared him, but now he had even bigger problems. He looked over his shoulder to look at Scully lying beside him, but she wasn't there. He got up and went into William's room. Scully was sat beside William's bed just watching him sleep. Mulder ached for her and yet he had no answers or solutions for what they were now going through.

"Dana..."

"Mulder don't, you only ever use my first name in bad situations. Don't make this harder for us."

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok, a bad pattern we got into from day one I guess."

"No I don't mean that, I mean this. You, watching your son sleeping for fear of losing him again due to my relentless search for answers and a way to stop the end of the world." Scully smiled at Mulder and he managed a small laugh as he walked over to her.

"I even sound crazy to myself now. That never used to happen."

"Things are different now."

"I know. But my heart isn't in this anymore. It's with you, William, and our baby." He placed his hand softly on her tummy and she joined his hand with her own as they held onto some hope of a brighter future.

"I know this will be hard for us both Mulder, but we fought to get our son back, I will not lose him again. Not now."

"I gotta say I can't believe how calmly you're taking this."

"If I didn't stay calm I think I'd lose it completely. I don't know that I can keep pretending

that this is making me feel about ten years older than I really am, but I'm tired, and I want

us to be safe, and away from the bureau and happy. For once in my life I want my family to be happy." Mulder pulled Scully towards him and she leaned on him as they both watched William. They were still holding hands and they gave each other a reaffirming squeeze to show that they were in this together and that nobody was taking their boy away without a fight.

"I'm gonna talk with Skinner tomorrow. I'm gonna leave the bureau and stay at home, keep an eye on William, and wait for news on Monica..." Scully sat upright with a startled look on her face.

"No Mulder you can't."

"What? But you never even wanted me there in the first place?"

"If anyone's leaving the FBI it's me. I can't cope with it anymore. I've already written Skinner my letter of resignation, I want to be with William, and I want to take care of myself so that our baby comes into this world happy and healthy."

"Are you sure about this?"

"Certain. You need to be in the bureau Mulder, it's not a career for you anymore, it's who you are. And the best place for you to protect your family from is in that office with the FBI's resources at hand. I know I was angry at first, but I realise now that this is how it was supposed to be. You belong on the x-files and I belong at home with our son." Mulder smiled. He agreed with everything Scully had said and despite the circumstances surrounding them he couldn't have been happier. As long as they stayed strong together they wouldn't let this beat them. They sat quietly watching William sleeping and they both knew what it was that they had to do.